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Middle Bronze Age bone awl
Bone awl made from a sheep/goat metacarpal, the distal end of which has been broken off. The proximal end was reomved and the shaft cut obliquely along its length and shaped to a point. The surface of the bone is quite pitted and degraded.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2006.4H/16.14
Find Information
Site Name: Llanmaes, Llantwit Major
Grid Reference: SS 9820 6958
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 2005 / June - July
Notes: Found placed upright in posthole [282]. Part of the large MBA porched roundhouse.
Acquisition
Donation, 17/1/2006
Measurements
weight / g:6.6
length / mm:98.0
maximum width / mm:14.5
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:9.9
thickness / mm
Material
bone
Location
In store
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